Carson Napier set out for Mars in a homemade rocket. In the ultimate "Wrong-Way Corrigan" maneuver, he landed instead on Venus! Venus was a startling world - semi-primitive, semi-civilized. It was a place of unmapped oceans dotted with great islands, a world whose trees pierced the clouds with cities squatting on their branches; a planet whose i... more »nhabitants included men, half-men, and monsters, all struggling with each other for dominance. Here's the first of Napier's incredible adventures, his introduction to the beautiful princess Duare, and the first of many, many threats to his life.« less